Category: Brain-Inspired Navigation

How hippocampal ensembles combine multimodal sensory cues?

Dustin Fetterhoff, Andrey Sobolev, Christian Leibold. Graded remapping of hippocampal ensembles under sensory conflicts. Cell Reports, Volume 36, Issue 11, 2021.

Summary
Hippocampal place cells are thought to constitute a cognitive map of space derived from multimodal sensory

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Whether humans represent a curved surface by building a dimension-reduced flattened 2D map or a full 3D map?

Misun Kim, Christian F. Doeller. Adaptive cognitive maps for curved surfaces in the 3D world.  

Abstract
“Terrains in a 3D world can be undulating. Yet, most prior research has exclusively investigated spatial representations on a …

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How does the brain encode angular and linear velocity?

Davide Spalla, Alessandro Treves, Charlotte N. Boccara. Angular and Linear Speed Cells in the Parahippocampal Circuits. bioRxiv 2021.01.28.428631; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.28.428631

Abstract
An essential role of the hippocampal region is to integrate information to compute and update representations. …

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How can spatial navigation research in neuroscience and AI advance both fields significantly?

Bermudez-Contreras E, Clark BJ and Wilber A (2020) The Neuroscience of Spatial Navigation and the Relationship to Artificial IntelligenceFront. Comput. Neurosci. 14:63. doi: 10.3389/fncom.2020.00063

Abstract

“Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and neuroscience are impressive. In AI, this …

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What is the latest progress in brain-inspired navigation technology integrating perception and action decision?

YANG Chuang, LIU Jianye, XIONG Zhi, LAI Jizhou, XIONG Jun. Brain-inspired navigation technology integrating perception and action decision: A review and outlook[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2020, 41(1): 23280-023280.

Abstract

“With the sustained development of brain and neuroscience as …

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What could be the computational benefits of such a mapping between intrinsic dynamical structure and external sensory inputs for navigation in the brain?

Christian Leibold. A Model for Navigation in Unknown Environments Based on a Reservoir of Hippocampal Sequences
bioRxiv 2019.12.18.880583; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2019.12.18.880583

Abstract
“Hippocampal place cell populations are activated in sequences on multiple time scales during active behavior, resting and sleep …

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How the Spiking Neural Network allows for navigation through an environment via landmark association without needing GPS?

Alexander Jones, Andrew Rush, Cory Merkel, Eric Herrmann, Ajey P. Jacob, Clare Thiem, Rashmi Jha. A neuromorphic SLAM architecture using gated-memristive synapses. Neurocomputing, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2019.09.098.

Abstract
Navigation in GPS-denied environments is a critical challenge for autonomous mobile platforms

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How to implement 6DoF state estimation on 3D manifold based on neural dynamics?

State estimation in high dimensional space is a big challenge problem. Commonly, we use Lie group to implement 6DoF state estimation in 3D space. However, how does the brain implement path integration in 3D space based on neural dynamics?

Low …

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How Does the Brain Solve the Computational Problems of Spatial Navigation?

Widloski, John, and Ila Fiete. “How does the brain solve the computational problems of spatial navigation?.” In Space, Time and Memory in the Hippocampal Formation, pp. 373-407. Springer, Vienna, 2014.

Abstract
Flexible navigation in the real world involves …

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How is information about location, direction, and distance integrated in the grid cell network?

Sargolini, Francesca, Marianne Fyhn, Torkel Hafting, Bruce L. McNaughton, Menno P. Witter, May-Britt Moser, and Edvard I. Moser. “Conjunctive representation of position, direction, and velocity in entorhinal cortex.” Science 312, no. 5774 (2006): 758-762.

Abstract
Grid cells in …

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Optimal dynamic coding by mixed-dimensionality neurons in the head-direction system of bats

Finkelstein, Arseny, Nachum Ulanovsky, Misha Tsodyks, and Johnatan Aljadeff. “Optimal dynamic coding by mixed-dimensionality neurons in the head-direction system of bats.” Nature communications 9, no. 1 (2018): 3590.

Abstract:

Ethologically relevant stimuli are often multidimensional. In many brain …

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Neuromorphic Stereo Vision for Biologically Plausible Robots

Lea Steffen, Daniel Reichard, Jakob Weinland, Jacques Kaiser, Arne Roennau and Rüdiger Dillmann. Neuromorphic Stereo Vision: a Survey of Bio-inspired Sensors and Algorithms. Front. Neurorobot. | doi: 10.3389/fnbot.2019.00028

Anstract: Any visual sensor, whether artificial or biological, maps the 3D-world …

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The internal maps of insects

Webb, Barbara. “The internal maps of insects.” Journal of Experimental Biology 222, no. Suppl 1 (2019): jeb188094.

ABSTRACT

Insect navigation is strikingly geometric. Many species use path integration to maintain an accurate estimate of their distance and direction

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ViTa-SLAM: Biologically-Inspired Visuo-Tactile SLAM

Struckmeier, Oliver, Kshitij Tiwari, Martin J. Pearson, and Ville Kyrki. “ViTa-SLAM: Biologically-Inspired Visuo-Tactile SLAM.” arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.05667 (2019).

Abstract— In this work, Struckmeier et al. propose a novel, bio-inspired multisensory SLAM approach called ViTa-SLAM. Compared to

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Attractor Dynamics and Embodiment of Neural Computing (Neuromorphic SLAM)

Yulia Sandamirskaya. Attractor Dynamics and Embodiment of Neural Computing. Presented at  Neuro Inspired Computational Elements Workshop (NICE 2019). 

Dr. Sandamirskaya talked about attractor dynamics and neuromorphic SLAM. The talks introduced head direction cells models based on neuromorphic hardware. How …

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